I Hate My Dumb Heart For Making Me Feel Things.

[rionaleonhart]

I've been rewatching Gravity Falls, but TURNS OUT I NEVER FINISHED IT THE FIRST TIME AROUND, and I was not braced for that incredible, horrifying multi-part finale at all. What a fantastic ending.

The shift in the opening sequence for the finale is genuinely terrifying. I would have been so upset if I'd seen it as a child!

If you're curious, the normal opening (which is fairly unsettling and cool in itself) is here; the finale opening is here.

I love Dipper and Mabel. What good kids. Their relationship is incredibly endearing; they love each other so much!

There's a moment that hits me really hard, when a giant robot grabs one of them in each fist, and as they're lifted into the air they're not trying to fight against the robot; they're trying to hold on to each other. You can see it just after the 1.40 mark in this clip. Just a second of animation, but it says so much about these two.

Mabel is a delight, but Dipper's probably my favourite character: this awkward, anxious, selfconscious, soft-hearted kid who takes things too seriously and gets really excited about knowledge and would do anything for his sister and is struggling with a completely unattainable crush. He may be terrified, but he'll never back down if someone's in danger.

Although of course the actual best character is Waddles.

I was very touched when Mabel found herself trapped in a cycle of unwanted dates with Gideon, and Dipper saw how upset she was and offered to break up with Gideon on her behalf. He's an extremely good brother!

Stan's dynamic with Mabel is also pretty charming. It hadn't really struck me the first time I watched this show, but he's so fond of her.

I think Gravity Falls is one of the best shows I've ever watched. Not just one of the best children's cartoons. One of the best shows.

I sort of feel I should try to cross Gravity Falls over with Life Is Strange, just because they're both set in tiny Oregon towns where weird things happen. I'll... probably need more of a concept than that.

Comments

[wolfy_writing]

I never actually saw Gravity Falls. But if you want someone who knows things about Oregon, I'm here. (And I actually went to the Oregon Vortex as a kid!)

[rionaleonhart]

Ooh, I hadn't heard of the Oregon Vortex! It's cool to know what actually inspired the Mystery Shack. And thank you for the offer!

[wolfy_writing]

You're welcome!

[(Anonymous)]

The concept looks cool but I'm having a hard time with the art style. I heard a bit about Gravity Falls recently - one of the kids at work was telling me that he had bought some of the Gravity Falls comic books and just received them. He was then drawing some of his own comics of various styles. Now I understand the context a bit more!

I sort of feel I should try to cross Gravity Falls over with Life Is Strange, just because they're both set in tiny Oregon towns where weird things happen. I'll... probably need more of a concept than that.

Pssh, I only ever make or wish for crossovers on very vague concepts like that. It's probably why they never come to fruition usually.

Heck, didn't I say I wanted Erased/Life is Strange fic because they were both about weird time shenanigans? At least in your version they're both set in Oregon and not in a different country.

Other ridiculous reasons for crossovers I've written or wanted to write based on really vague concepts:

D.Gray-Man/Kingdom Hearts: Both have characters who play cards.
Demon's Lexicon/Supernatural: Both have demons and possession.
Life is Strange/Blackwell Series: One has a place called Blackwell. The other has a person called Blackwell.
Assassin's Creed/Final Fantasy VIII: Both have ways of visiting somebody else's past!

And really, most crossovers are probably like this anyway when you really get down to it. Exhibit A:

Harry Potter crossovers: Other series has character between age 11-17. Or maybe even just: Has characters. Since half of them get de-aged for it anyway!

Or Naturo crossovers, many of which seem to exist purely out of "series B has character that would be cooler as a ninja", lol.

I'm sure most crossovers start with a vague concept. And I love crossovers!

-timydamonkey, the crossover fan

[rionaleonhart]

The concept looks cool but I'm having a hard time with the art style.

I can't blame you for that; I'm not a big fan of the way the characters are drawn. But the animation is good and the writing is excellent, so I don't spend much time thinking about the character designs when I'm watching!

Heck, didn't I say I wanted Erased/Life is Strange fic because they were both about weird time shenanigans?

ENTIRELY VALID. I think tone-wise they're a good fit for each other as well.

D.Gray-Man/Kingdom Hearts: Both have characters who play cards.

I mean, I've written about Derren Brown meeting Luxord, so I'm also entirely guilty of this.

One has a place called Blackwell. The other has a person called Blackwell.

Ahahaha, I think this is my favourite flimsy crossover excuse in your list. Not that I can really judge any of your crossover excuses, given that I wrote a Red Dead Redemption II/Final Fantasy XV crossover solely because I failed to shave Arthur Morgan and went 'oh, no, I don't want him to have that beard in all of Prompto's photographs tonight' and then 'no, wait, Prompto is not a character in this game'.

[wyomingsmustache]

I went through a GF fandom phase a few years ago and just spent like four months being very thirsty for Stan Pines. Everyone kept being all "oh yeah that zombie episode blah blah blah" and I'm just "yeah... the zombie episode... >.>"

I really need to cycle back around at some point, I started and abandoned a canon divergent fic where Weirdmaggedon never happened so Ford went through with kicking Stan out so Wendy kidnapped him so they could go find Stan and bring him home, and it was gonna be really good and I'd love to finish it.

[rionaleonhart]

The zombie episode definitely made me go 'oh, I see why people think Stan is hot now'! But I did once see him described as having 'a face like a pair of greying underpants with a bollock sticking out of them', and I'm never going to be able to forget that; it's horrifyingly accurate.

I encourage you to go back to that fic! I'm vaguely playing with the idea of writing something where Stan never gets his memories back.

[wyomingsmustache]

I admit it's at least partially moments of Hunkle Stan + the fanartists do a really wonderful job with him + he is all kinda my type (I'm an arm guy and he's got the guns). Speaking of, there's a Grunkles dating sim you might be interested in just for the sillyness of it (you can date Stan or Ford; the sheer force of how much I just flat out didn't care about dating Ford actually overwhelmed my usual completionist tendencies with short games).

Also as per usual when you get into a fandom I've written for, -slides my GF fanfic in your direction-.

[handmaid]

I sort of feel I should try to cross Gravity Falls over with Life Is Strange

PLEASE

[rionaleonhart]

I feel Dipper would immediately get a massive crush on Chloe and nothing good would come of it. Desperately trying to impress her when she is a) too old for him and b) extremely gay. Sorry, Dipper.

[handmaid]

Alas poor Dipper

[thenicochan]

I frickin' love Gravity Falls. I have a Bill Cipher decal on my car (I'll take pictures!) but I totally left that series with a disturbing affection for Stan/Ford and have upset my viewing partner greatly when I told her. Ah well.

[rionaleonhart]

I don't ship Stan/Ford myself, but I can see where its popularity comes from! It's not a NOTP for me in the way Dipper/Mabel is. (That's not a moral judgement on shippers, of course; it's just that I personally can't go near that ship.)